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Seeing Demi fall, Laurelle's normally apathetic exterior and calm decisiveness faded away. Her fingers stopped dancing, the magic that was beginning to crackle through the air dissolving, and the light mage leapt toward her friend only to see Taras reach her first, having been closer. Instead of diving in to literally pull Demi out of the fire, she moved to support her as she stumbled to her feet and shakingly spoke a defensive incantation, cloaking both of them in a protective aura of rainbow light that pierced the rain and the smoke and the fire to serve as a beacon of incandescence--an almost poetic symbol that beauty could be found in the harshest of situations.
The swordfighter's ward absorbed the lightning bolt, but the impact still caused him to stumble as the energy dissolved into kinetic force that spread across the shaking barrier like a breaking wave. He shook it off and made a lunge for Taras, but found his weapon smashed straight out of his hand as the distinctive sound of steel on steel sung out. He desperately raised his shield, barely in time to block the overhead strike that would have split his head open, but staggered as he was promptly kicked in the gut. Before he could recover, the air shook with the surge of magic and his unprotected shield splintered and broke in half as an invisible blade of force cleft through it, rending the smoke and rain. The knight pressed her advantage, proceeding with several furious strikes that each found weaknesses in his light armor, tearing his flesh and scattering his blood. He cried out as the last stroke found purchase in his neck, crushing it with a sickening crunch. Losing consciousness, he only barely felt the swipe that tore the wound open even further and ended his life.
Skye turned back to the others, not wishing to watch her enemy's twitching body crash to the earth, her gut twisting. She found herself light-headed as the adrenaline rush of combat wore off, leaving her tired. But she'd keep going. She always had to keep going. So much blood and death...
Laurelle was looking at the body with revulsion clear on her face. Her unspoken chastisement hung in the air.
"We don't have time to leave survivors." Skye responded. "Let's keep moving."
Reluctantly, the thief turned away to continue their march, and the knight got the feeling that Laurelle wouldn't be speaking to her for a while.
The swordfighter's ward absorbed the lightning bolt, but the impact still caused him to stumble as the energy dissolved into kinetic force that spread across the shaking barrier like a breaking wave. He shook it off and made a lunge for Taras, but found his weapon smashed straight out of his hand as the distinctive sound of steel on steel sung out. He desperately raised his shield, barely in time to block the overhead strike that would have split his head open, but staggered as he was promptly kicked in the gut. Before he could recover, the air shook with the surge of magic and his unprotected shield splintered and broke in half as an invisible blade of force cleft through it, rending the smoke and rain. The knight pressed her advantage, proceeding with several furious strikes that each found weaknesses in his light armor, tearing his flesh and scattering his blood. He cried out as the last stroke found purchase in his neck, crushing it with a sickening crunch. Losing consciousness, he only barely felt the swipe that tore the wound open even further and ended his life.
Skye turned back to the others, not wishing to watch her enemy's twitching body crash to the earth, her gut twisting. She found herself light-headed as the adrenaline rush of combat wore off, leaving her tired. But she'd keep going. She always had to keep going. So much blood and death...
Laurelle was looking at the body with revulsion clear on her face. Her unspoken chastisement hung in the air.
"We don't have time to leave survivors." Skye responded. "Let's keep moving."
Reluctantly, the thief turned away to continue their march, and the knight got the feeling that Laurelle wouldn't be speaking to her for a while.
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